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architecture and design magazineSat, 10 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0000en-UShourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.6.1Competition: win a book exploring contemporary pavilion architecturehttps://www.dezeen.com/2016/11/08/new-pavilions-thames-and-hudson-philip-jodidio-architecture-book-competition/
https://www.dezeen.com/2016/11/08/new-pavilions-thames-and-hudson-philip-jodidio-architecture-book-competition/#respondTue, 08 Nov 2016 12:19:45 +0000http://admin.dezeen.com/?p=1003972Dezeen has teamed up with publishing house Thames & Hudson to give readers the opportunity to win one of five copies of The New Pavilions book. Congratulations to the winners! Matthew Wilkins from the UK, Jonas Majidi from Denmark, Helen Arakadaki from Greece, Martin Valíček from the Czech Republic and Natalie Hristova from the UK, A new release from

"The pavilion is the architectural form of the moment, enabling emerging architects to make their mark," the publisher explained.

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"Often ephemeral and orientated to a specific function, they are less expensive than their more permanent architectural cousins, which allows for more experimentation or inventiveness than in larger structures."

The book features pavilions from prominent architects such as Zaha Hadid and Sou Fujimoto but also profiles designs by lesser-known names.

SelgasCano's 2015 Serpentine Gallery pavilion

"Each pavilion provides a lesson in the extreme possibilities of built form and demonstrates that many of the biggest ideas in architecture start small," states the publisher.

With offices in London and New York, Thames & Hudson looks to create books that offer an international insight into art, architecture and other creative fields.

This competition is now closed. Winners will be selected at random and notified by email, and their names will be published at the top of this page. Dezeen competitions are international and entries are accepted from readers in any country.

]]>https://www.dezeen.com/2016/11/08/new-pavilions-thames-and-hudson-philip-jodidio-architecture-book-competition/feed/0Richard Rogers and David Adjaye to select next Serpentine Pavilion architecthttps://www.dezeen.com/2016/09/28/richard-rogers-david-adjaye-to-select-next-serpentine-gallery-pavilion-architect/
https://www.dezeen.com/2016/09/28/richard-rogers-david-adjaye-to-select-next-serpentine-gallery-pavilion-architect/#commentsWed, 28 Sep 2016 19:00:58 +0000http://admin.dezeen.com/?p=980505The designer for next year's Serpentine Pavilion in London will be selected by a team including architects Richard Rogers and David Adjaye, it was announced today. For the past 16 years the annual commission has been selected by former Serpentine Galleries director Julia Peyton-Jones, later with the help of artistic director Hans Ulrich Obrist. But now she has

For the past 16 years the annual commission has been selected by former Serpentine Galleries director Julia Peyton-Jones, later with the help of artistic director Hans Ulrich Obrist.

But now she has moved on, the choice will be given to a panel that includes architects, as well as the Serpentine team.

The decision was announced during the first press conference held by Obrist with new CEO Yana Peel.

It forms part of a wider plan to take the two London galleries – both the original Serpentine Gallery and the newer Serpentine Sackler – in a new direction, with focuses including audiences and technology.

]]>https://www.dezeen.com/2016/09/28/richard-rogers-david-adjaye-to-select-next-serpentine-gallery-pavilion-architect/feed/3BIG and Fiberline reveal manufacturing process behind Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2016https://www.dezeen.com/2016/09/21/video-bjarke-ingels-big-serpentine-gallery-pavilion-2016-lay-light-fibreglass-fiberline-composites-movie/
https://www.dezeen.com/2016/09/21/video-bjarke-ingels-big-serpentine-gallery-pavilion-2016-lay-light-fibreglass-fiberline-composites-movie/#respondWed, 21 Sep 2016 10:39:20 +0000http://admin.dezeen.com/?p=973041Movie: Dezeen goes behind the scenes at the factory where the fibreglass blocks that comprise BIG's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion were made in this exclusive video produced for material manufacturer Fiberline. Bjarke Ingels' firm's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion opened in London on 10 June 2016, and is a huge undulating structure composed of thousands of fibreglass boxes stacked on top

]]>Movie: Dezeen goes behind the scenes at the factory where the fibreglass blocks that comprise BIG's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion were made in this exclusive video produced for material manufacturer Fiberline.

Bjarke Ingels' firm's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion opened in London on 10 June 2016, and is a huge undulating structure composed of thousands of fibreglass boxes stacked on top of each other.

BIG's Rune Hansen, who was project manager for the project, explains that the firm saw the pavilion as an opportunity to test what it is possible to create with its fibreglass material.

"To build a pavilion like this for us as an architecture office is extremely interesting," he explains in the movie. "It is kind of a lab where we can test materials – the visual aesthetics as well as structural conditions."

The pavilion, which resembles a wall of bricks that has been "unzipped" to create a void inside, consists of around 1900 hollow fibreglass blocks, which are attached by simple metal connectors.

The blocks themselves are made from sheets of fibreglass of various thicknesses, with heavier blocks at the base and lighter ones making up the upper layers.

"We used three different gauges," Hansen reveals. "The bottom boxes are 10 millimetres [thick], the middle boxes are six millimetres and the top boxes are three millimetres. It's a lightweight material, but at the same time it's strong."

The fibreglass boxes were manufactured at the Middelfart factory of Danish company Fiberline Composites, which more commonly produces composite structural profiles for use in bridges or wind turbine blades.

BIG used a product called Lay Light for the pavilion, which is a translucent material consisting of glass fibres impregnated with a polyester resin.

"All the boxes for this year's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion were made out of Lay Light material and assembled in our factory in the centre of Denmark," says Fiberline vice president Stig Krogh Pedersen. "The material is as strong as steel, but only has about one fifth of the weight."

The material is produced by a technique called pultrusion, in which thousands of strands of glass fibre are pulled through a mould and impregnated with resin.

"We have a production line that grabs the fibres and pulls them through a die, Pedersen explains. "That way we have a continuous process to make profiles as long as we like."

Fiberline's factory is clad with the material.

"We used our factory as a kind of prototype," Pedersen says. "We’ve got a lot of experience with the Lay Light material by doing this prototype of 23,000-square-metres."

BIG is also using the material to clad its soon-to-be-completed Transitlager project, a conversion of a warehouse in Basel into offices, apartments and galleries.

"The Serpentine Gallery Pavilion is a temporary structure," Hansen says. "But BIG is also designing a permanent structure using Lay Light to cover 6,000 square metres of the building."

Hansen says that as well as its strength, the translucency of the material makes it interesting for architects.

"When you go close to it you will recognise the details, you’ll see the actual components of the fibreglass," he explains.

"At night, the pavilion starts to glow because of this translucency. It's very beautiful."

BIG's structure marks the 16th edition of the annual Serpentine Gallery programme, which offers architects the chance to create their first built structure in the UK. The pavilion is open until 10 October 2016 at Kensington Gardens in London's Hyde Park.

This movie was filmed by Dezeen in London and Middelfart for Fiberline.

]]>https://www.dezeen.com/2016/09/21/video-bjarke-ingels-big-serpentine-gallery-pavilion-2016-lay-light-fibreglass-fiberline-composites-movie/feed/0Zaha Hadid's 2007 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion put up for sale at Chatsworth Househttps://www.dezeen.com/2016/08/30/sothebys-zaha-hadid-serpentine-pavilion-sale-chatsworth-house/
https://www.dezeen.com/2016/08/30/sothebys-zaha-hadid-serpentine-pavilion-sale-chatsworth-house/#commentsTue, 30 Aug 2016 17:47:23 +0000http://admin.dezeen.com/?p=964063A pavilion designed by the late Zaha Hadid for London's Serpentine Gallery has been installed in the grounds of a stately home in England's Peak District, ahead of its sale. Zaha Hadid's Lilas pavilion is the focal point of this year's Beyond Limits exhibition at Chatsworth House – an annual showcase of contemporary outdoor sculpture, organised by

Zaha Hadid's Lilas pavilion is the focal point of this year's Beyond Limits exhibition at Chatsworth House – an annual showcase of contemporary outdoor sculpture, organised by London auction house Sotheby's.

Now erected in the ground of Chatsworth House, the group of toad-stool like structures feature the curves that are characteristic of Hadid's designs

The group of toad-stool like structures features the white curves that are characteristic of Hadid's designs. It rises 5.5 metres above the ground, and has smooth sides that echo the design of Hadid's 2013 Serpentine Sackler Gallery.

"For each of our annual Beyond Limits shows we seek to bring something new and thrilling to the experience, and the resurrection of Zaha Hadid's seminal Lilas pavilion in such a historic location is one of the highlights this year," said Sotheby's curator Simon Stock.

"The public display of the remarkable structure, which has travelled from a royal park to a stately garden, is also a fitting tribute to such a pioneer in her field," he added.

Other pieces in the exhibition include a large-scale light installation shaped like waterlillies by British artist Bruce Munro

Also included in the exhibition are sculptures by artists including Jed Novatt, Erwin Wurm, Joana Vasconcelos, Lynn Chadwick, Ju Ming, Wendell Castle and Charles Hadcock.

A reflective stainless-steel pavilion by Spanish artist Cristina Iglesias is present in a stretch of meadow

A reflective stainless-steel pavilion by Spanish artist Cristina Iglesias is present in a stretch of meadow, a female nude by French sculptor Aristide Maillol stands at one end of the lake and a large-scale light installation shaped like waterlilies by British artist Bruce Munro floats on the water's surface.

A female nude by French sculptor Aristide Maillol stands at one end of the lake

]]>https://www.dezeen.com/2016/08/30/sothebys-zaha-hadid-serpentine-pavilion-sale-chatsworth-house/feed/3Serpentine Summer Houses put up for sale on The Modern Househttps://www.dezeen.com/2016/07/28/serpentine-gallery-pavilion-summer-houses-for-sale-modern-house-estate-agent/
https://www.dezeen.com/2016/07/28/serpentine-gallery-pavilion-summer-houses-for-sale-modern-house-estate-agent/#respondThu, 28 Jul 2016 15:22:21 +0000http://admin.dezeen.com/?p=944842The four Summer Houses built to accompany BIG's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion have been listed for sale through architecture-led estate agent The Modern House. The temple-inspired structures – built alongside for the pavilion for the first time this year – were designed by Nigerian architect Kunlé Adeyemi, Berlin studio Barkow Leibinger, Paris-based architect Yona Friedman and British architect Asif